Monthly Archives: September 2008
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
This blog began exactly four years and one day ago. Since then a whole lot of words have been written and read by countless scoundrels in many countries throughout the world. Thousands of comments have been left, many, many people … Continue reading
There can be only one
“Twenty”, said Dirty Dave, “if there was going to be another kind of biblical flood and God came to you (again) and said ‘Twenty, you may save only one animal on this planet’, what animal would it be?” It got … Continue reading
Should have left well enough alone
Sometimes one finds oneself in a hurry and rather lacking in inspiration. At those times it is good to look in ones ‘drafts’ folder. The ‘drafts’ folder should actually be called ‘shit ideas you never actually deleted’ but that would … Continue reading
Bosses and Facebook
I heard on the radio yesterday that, according to some crowd called Peninsula Business Services, 83% of bosses monitored Facebook to see if employees absences for work were genuine. Yeah right. That sounds like a great load of bollocks to … Continue reading
How to kickstart the economy
I recently had a look in my shed and in the spare room and in some other places in my house and I have accumulated an incredible amount of stuff. Stuff I really don’t need. I’m pretty sure everybody else … Continue reading
1-2-3-4-5, Gardai working overtime
So Gardai in Waterford have spent over €400,000 on overtime because of a feud between some traveller families. That’s a lot of money. Apparently they’re having to patrol the streets ‘day and night’ because of some row over a bare-knuckle … Continue reading
Book 2 – The cover
Bar anything truly radical happening this looks set to be the final cover for Book 2 – Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. Publication date is around the same as the first one, so towards the end of Feb or … Continue reading
Do it, do it, do it
From today’s Irish Times: ONE OF Ireland’s best-known premium mobile phone text providers claims that its business would be “wiped out” if a 12-month suspension from sending messages is imposed by the independent regulator (RegTel). Realm (Communications Ltd) was founded … Continue reading